Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 27 Posted April 27 40 minutes ago, DCOrange said: Leffew to his hometown school: Georgia. ugh. Oh well. When this thing dragged, I had a feeling. I bet he was torn on his decision. Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 9 hours ago, Bermuda Triangle said: Who was the last SU player picked in the top 15? 1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: my guess is Michael Carter-Williams? And he would be correct with Michael Carter-Williams Who is a tall slashing point guard like Richmond Quote
Bermuda Triangle Posted April 27 Posted April 27 34 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: And he would be correct with Michael Carter-Williams Who is a tall slashing point guard like Richmond 11 years ago. Boeheim got lazy, and recruiting fell off of a cliff. Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 11 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said: 11 years ago. Boeheim got lazy, and recruiting fell off of a cliff. Did you forget the serious sanctions? We lost three scholarships a year... Which is insane in basketball Sanctions only ended in 2020... And it still takes a couple of seasons to recover Syracuse went from getting top 80 recruits, with a top 20 guy every other year To top 350 recruits... That is a massive difference The players Syracuse normally recruit didn't want to come here under sanctions... We literally have the 6th ranked player in the country coming in... The best power forward in the country... And one of the best guards from New York City Syracuse recruiting is back.. it just takes a couple cycles to build a team 1 Quote
Bermuda Triangle Posted April 27 Posted April 27 41 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Did you forget the serious sanctions? We lost three scholarships a year... Which is insane in basketball Sanctions only ended in 2020... And it still takes a couple of seasons to recover Syracuse went from getting top 80 recruits, with a top 20 guy every other year To top 350 recruits... That is a massive difference The players Syracuse normally recruit didn't want to come here under sanctions... We literally have the 6th ranked player in the country coming in... The best power forward in the country... And one of the best guards from New York City Syracuse recruiting is back.. it just takes a couple cycles to build a team And whose fault were the sanctions? No Top 15 picks in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 drafts? Forget about the top 15 of the draft - Syracuse has only had 1 player selected in the NBA draft after 2017 (Hughes in 2020). Just last season, schools like UCF, Santa Clara and Belmont had kids drafted in the first round. The year before that, Santa Clara (again), Colorado State and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Even with any lingering effects of recruiting sanctions (which ended after the 2018-2019 season), Syracuse can't compete with the recruiting of these types of programs? Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 8 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said: And whose fault were the sanctions? No Top 15 picks in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 drafts? Forget about the top 15 of the draft - Syracuse has only had 1 player selected in the NBA draft after 2017 (Hughes in 2020). Just last season, schools like UCF, Santa Clara and Belmont had kids drafted in the first round. The year before that, Santa Clara (again), Colorado State and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Even with any lingering effects of recruiting sanctions (which ended after the 2018-2019 season), Syracuse can't compete with the recruiting of these types of programs? Syracuse basketball from 2008-2017 went 9 out of 10 years with a first round pick Only Duke and Kentucky had a better streak... Then sanctions Quote
Bermuda Triangle Posted April 27 Posted April 27 13 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Syracuse basketball from 2008-2017 went 9 out of 10 years with a first round pick Only Duke and Kentucky had a better streak... Then sanctions Sanctions were announced in 2015, and took effect starting with the 2015-16 season. How did Boeheim get kids to commit to - and stay with - Syracuse, such that they were able to make a FF run in '16 and have first round picks in '16 and '17? There was no recruiting bump after the '16 FF? Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 26 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said: Sanctions were announced in 2015, and took effect starting with the 2015-16 season. How did Boeheim get kids to commit to - and stay with - Syracuse, such that they were able to make a FF run in '16 and have first round picks in '16 and '17? There was no recruiting bump after the '16 FF? We lost three scholarships a year from 15-16 , 16-17, 17-18, 18-19 That is a lot of scholarships that slowly started to effect the team ... And also recruiting Some of those teams from the late 2000s early 2010s we're playing 9 10 guys... Really good guys... Boeheim could bench the entire 5 and put in a brand new five and they could ball and win We had top five pick Dion waiters on bench The sanctions put us down to six playable guys... Six talented guys We had Frank Howard and tyus battle and O'Shea brissett playing entire games There was no 7th 8th or 9th man... The depth of the team was gone Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 29 Author Posted April 29 On 4/27/2024 at 3:09 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said: ugh. Oh well. When this thing dragged, I had a feeling. I bet he was torn on his decision. On 4/27/2024 at 2:28 PM, DCOrange said: Leffew to his hometown school: Georgia. William Patterson also left!! Damn he's 7'2 and I had high hopes Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 29 Posted April 29 1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said: William Patterson also left!! Damn he's 7'2 and I had high hopes Another day, another departure. This is just getting depressing. I think that leaves two centers on the roster, and Nyheim seems like he isn’t the most durable. BTW, my buddy who is a McNeese State fan (actually played for them) sent me photos of Quadir Copeland down there eating alligator as he was being wined and dined. I still can’t get over losing him! Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 29 Author Posted April 29 2 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Another day, another departure. This is just getting depressing. I think that leaves two centers on the roster, and Nyheim seems like he isn’t the most durable. BTW, my buddy who is a McNeese State fan (actually played for them) sent me photos of Quadir Copeland down there eating alligator as he was being wined and dined. I still can’t get over losing him! I can't imagine Copeland going to McNeese State LOL Unless there really is something wrong with his character... But he seems so smiley and friendly at Syracuse He's got to be a high major player.. he's a 6'6 guard who is super crafty Quote
DCOrange Posted April 29 Posted April 29 14 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: I can't imagine Copeland going to McNeese State LOL Unless there really is something wrong with his character... But he seems so smiley and friendly at Syracuse He's got to be a high major player.. he's a 6'6 guard who is super crafty It is Will Wade coaching there. He's getting some pretty good players. 2 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 29 Author Posted April 29 (edited) 25 minutes ago, DCOrange said: It is Will Wade coaching there. He's getting some pretty good players. Didn't will Wade get investigated by the FBI LOL and fired from LSU for some sketchy stuff Doesn't surprise me he's getting good guy lol Edited April 29 by Buffalo716 1 1 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 30 Author Posted April 30 3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Another day, another departure. This is just getting depressing. I think that leaves two centers on the roster, and Nyheim seems like he isn’t the most durable. BTW, my buddy who is a McNeese State fan (actually played for them) sent me photos of Quadir Copeland down there eating alligator as he was being wined and dined. I still can’t get over losing him! It turns out mkneese State might be the place for quadir lol I didn't realize wade was there and he probably gave him a bag with 300k cash and a ford explorer 🤣 1 1 Quote
DCOrange Posted April 30 Posted April 30 Sounds like Ken Evans Jr. from Jackson State may be our new target in the portal after Leffew chose Georgia over us. Evans won Player of the Year in the SWAC (considered the worst conference in Division 1). Interesting target though...while Leffew looked like more of a SG than a PG to me, he did at least play PG this season and you could see flashes of him making good reads off the dribble and stuff. Evans is purely a SG and probably closer to a SF than a PG. It feels like we may be angling towards starting JJ Starling as our PG at this point, which is a bit questionable. The other option would be to start our new transfer PG, Jaquan Carlos, and bring Evans off the bench (assuming he even commits), but we'll see I guess. Carlos probably isn't good enough to be an ideal starter either but he is at least a pure PG type that will play exactly the way I think Autry wants us to. 1 1 Quote
DCOrange Posted May 2 Posted May 2 I have now heard from multiple people that we've reached out to Kadary Richmond and he is at least open to returning to Syracuse. I'll believe it when I see it, but if we can somehow pull that off, that is a total game changer for next season. 2 Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted May 3 Posted May 3 15 hours ago, DCOrange said: I have now heard from multiple people that we've reached out to Kadary Richmond and he is at least open to returning to Syracuse. I'll believe it when I see it, but if we can somehow pull that off, that is a total game changer for next season. that would be amazing. He is the one guy that I think everyone was sick to their stomachs about losing as a transfer. but I agree— not holding my breadth. He has to be the top player in the portal right now. 1 Quote
The Poojer Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Mintz not invited to NBA Combine this year, wonder if he is second guessing his decision Quote
Buffalo716 Posted May 6 Author Posted May 6 2 hours ago, The Poojer said: Mintz not invited to NBA Combine this year, wonder if he is second guessing his decision He's going to have to ball out at the G league camp to get a invite Don't think he's getting drafted though Quote
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